Manongarivo Special Reserve
Wildlife reserve in Madagascar
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Manongarivo Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the North-West of Madagascar in the region of Diana.
LocationNorthern western Madagascar
NearestcityAmbanja
Coordinates14°00′S 48°20′E
Area643.56 km2 (248.48 sq mi)
| Manongarivo Special Reserve | |
|---|---|
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1] | |
  Location of Manongarivo Reserve | |
| Location | Northern western Madagascar |
| Nearest city | Ambanja |
| Coordinates | 14°00′S 48°20′E |
| Area | 643.56 km2 (248.48 sq mi) |
| Established | 1956 |
| Governing body | Parcs Nationaux Madagascar – ANGAP |
Manongarivo is home to both the Sambirano mouse lemur and the Sambirano woolly lemur.[2]
Geography
Flora and fauna
The vegetation is composed of low- and mid-altitude dense humid forest. Low-altitude, dry-transitional forest covers 18% of the reserve, and is dominated by trees of Canarium, Symphonia (and other species of Clusiaceae), Terminalia, Cryptocarya and species of Sapotaceae, with smaller trees such as Phyllarthron in the subcanopy. There are about sixty species of birds in the reserve, thirty of which are endemic to Madagascar.[4]
Some of the species found in the reserve are:
Fauna
Bryophytes
- Bazzania descrescens
- Diplasiolejeunea cobrensis
- Drepanolejeunea geisslerae
- Microlejeunea fissistipula
- Lopholejeunea leioptera
- Plagiochila fracta
- Schistochila piligera
- Leucobryum parvulum
- Leucobryum sanctae-mariae
- Ochrobryum sakalavu
- Syrrhopodon cuneifolius
